November 2022 Virtual Rochester Forum
50 Years of Title IX: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Featuring:
Catherine (Kate) Nearpass, Title IX Coordinator and Assistant Vice President for Civil Rights Compliance
Tiffany Street, Associate Director for Sexual Misconduct Prevention Education and Response
Kristine (Kris) Shanley, Associate Director Facilities, Senior Woman Administrator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator in Athletics and Recreation
Jacqueline (Jackie) Blackett ’81, Deputy Athletics Director, Senior Woman Administrator at Columbia University
Jane Possee P’02, P’05, P’06, P’07, P’11, P’12, Associate Director of Athletics
Serra Sevenler ’15, Director of Rowing
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, the landmark law barring sex discrimination in schools and allowing women greater access to educational and athletic opportunities. During the first session, learn about the history of Title IX overall and at the University, including its role in the political and cultural climate at the time it was introduced and as it evolved, the transformations to address harassment and sexual assault, and recent transgender and sexual orientation protections. In the second session, we dive deeper into the history and status of Title IX in athletics, generally and at the University, with a panel of athletics staff and alumnae athletes.
October 2021 Virtual Rochester Forum
Nurturing the Love of Music: Robert Freeman and the Eastman School of Music
Featuring Vincent Lenti ’60E, ’62E (MA), Professor Emeritus of Piano, Eastman School Historian and moderated by Marie Rolf ’77E (PhD), Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor of Music Theory.
Hear from Eastman School of Music Historian Vincent Lenti for this virtual lecture to learn about several aspects of the school’s history and the way they unfolded and developed from Eastman’s earliest years through the end of Robert Freeman’s leadership as the school’s fourth director (dean).
June 2021 Virtual Rochester Forum
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The Matthew E. Fairbank Lecture: Promoting Vitality in Aging through Discovery, Collaboration, & Innovation
Featuring:
Yeates Conwell, MD
Vera Gorbunova, PhD
Feng Vankee Lin, PhD, RN
Annette Medina-Walpole, MD
The University of Rochester Aging Institute (URAI) was established to extend the University’s legacy of helping humanity “not only to add years to our life, but to add life to our years.” That was a phrase Dr. T. Franklin Williams, a University of Rochester Medical Center faculty member widely recognized as the founder of modern geriatric medicine, used to describe his work. Built on that foundation, the URAI connects the work of clinicians, educators, and investigators focused on one mission: to promote vitality in aging. Leaders from URAI will share the Institute’s vision as well as research discoveries that could slow aging and achieve rejuvenation in humans, and explore the reciprocal relationships between emotional and brain health as we age.
The Matthew E. Fairbank lecture was established in 1982 in honor of Matthew and Ruth Harmon Fairbank and its purpose is to encourage interest in, and understanding of, medical conditions associated with aging.
Musical Interlude featuring Eastman School of Music’s Sequoia Reed Quintet
Ocean Acidification: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Featuring:
John Kessler, PhD moderated by Katherine Gregory
The oceans are a significant absorber of greenhouse gases released due to human activities as well as the heat retained in the Earth system from their increased concentrations. From one point of view, this is good since it helps to mitigate the direct impacts of our modern global climate change. However, this absorption is not without its consequences, some of which include ocean acidification, the ocean’s ability to further remove atmospheric greenhouse gases, and additional ocean acidification feedback mechanisms. This talk will explore these topics presenting and discussing modern data on ocean acidification and greenhouse gas dynamics, and the impact on our society.